Ugly House
Donald Trump has officially entered the US presidential
race, championing his campaign slogan of
“make America great again”. Though sounding promising, this slogan is debatable
and devoid of merit.
All indications in the US point to Trump’s victory this
November, but this victory does not mean Trump can make good on his MAGA
promise.
The question that Trump needs to field is which greatness
is he talking about when he promotes the slogan of “make America great again”.
Which part of US history is he boasting about?
Mr Trump, unfortunately the US you are adamant on “making
great again”is tantamount to an ugly house that can no longer be remodeled.
Mr President, your US is an ugly house. The problem is
that this ugly house was from the get-go founded on flimsy and shaky pillars.
Mr President, your upcoming victory in the elections will
afford you a historic chance to put the last nail in the coffin of the collapsing US.
The downfall of the US is comparable to a cancer that has
metastasized for a long time.
Old man, you symbolize the end of a myth that has, since
World War II, deceived the world into believing that the US epitomizes and
represents the free world.
You will definitely win the elections but your victory
will be the end of the American dream which once gave the world hope,
aspirations, and penchant for a better life.
Today, that
American dream has diminished into pinning hope on an old man who symbolizes
senility, inertia, immorality, and lack of purpose for a nation that was once
supposed to turn this earth into a heaven of happiness and prosperity.
Mr Trump, fifty
years ago your predecessor Richard Nixon confessed in his book In the Arena
that in the US money is not everything. It’s the only thing.
At least Nixon was realistic and honest enough to accept
that his country and his nation was one-dimensionally defined by money whose
fluctuations would determine the value of human beings. A country founded on
money and gaining, or losing, happiness,
prestige, and value with money. And in the absence of money, people will
be nobodies no matter the level of their knowledge, values, and insight.
Mr Trump, over 30 years ago, concurrent with the collapse
of the Soviet Union, Iranian leader Khomeini warned Gorbachev of rosy US
promises. He said that sovereignty and economy were not the main problems of his country but rather lack
of morality and faith in God were the main problems.
Mr Trump, Khomeini
tried to enlighten Gorbachev of the plight facing his country but Gorbachev did
not get the message just like you don’t and won’t get it either
Mr Trump, your victory will seal the myth of the American
dream, as today there’s not much left of
that American dream but the fall of the US in the quagmire of immorality,
meaninglessness, and lack of identity.
Mr Trump, the US
ended a long time ago. Today you will be
at the helm of a country whose citizens,
in the absence of ethics, humanity, and morality, have turned into 250 million robots whose
sole responsibility is to correctly perform their roles in the money-minded
system and pursue robotic lives and relationships in an infirmary known as the
US.
Mr Trump, twenty
years ago your fellow citizen famed Hollywood producer Vadim Perelman depicted
your country realistically in the House of Sand and Fog.
Mr Trump, the house Perelman depicted is the reality of
your finished US. The movie opens with
the police asking the homeowner Kathy, “Is this your house?” and Kathy confidently responding “yes”. At the end of the movie and in response to
the same question, Kathy responds “no”
as she no longer feels any affinity to this house which symbolizes the US, a
house revolving around money, devoid of
morality, and lacking human kindness.
Mr Trump, owning
such a house is not something to be proud of. You can’t boast of owning such a
house nor can you feel affinity with it or be able to reconstruct it.
Mr Trump, you are too late. It’s finished.